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Last updated: May 19, 2026, 8:40 AM ET

Regulatory

An Indian court rejected Apple's bid to pause a government antitrust probe into its App Store practices, forcing the company to cooperate with investigators examining alleged market abuse in one of its fastest-growing markets.

Materials & Foldables

Apple is testing liquid metal and other advanced materials to replace aluminum in future iPhone Pro frames, weighing options that balance weight reduction with heat dissipation as it looks beyond the titanium it introduced last cycle. That material work appears tied to its first foldable device, as reports point to a shared hinge design between the rumored iPhone Ultra and a long-awaited foldable iPad. An iPhone Ultra is now seen as the bridge to an iPad Fold, with both products expected to use the same crease-free hinge engineering.

Enterprise

A new Apple @ Work podcast traces how NeXT's technology became the backbone of Apple's enterprise strategy, chronicling the company's push into business software from its early days.